Lot 23
23
Idealis umbra sapientiae generalis, Paris: Dam. Jablier, 1679, 8°, title page with manuscript lettering in strip form and engraved imprint, all mounted to form a composite title (?) as originally issued, 24 leaves of engraved text each double-page and mounted, consisting of 3 unumbered leaves, dedications to Jesus Christ, the Pope and the King, followed by 21 numbered leaves. Bound with the French translation of the same work: L'Ombre Idéale de la Sagesse Universelle, Paris: Mademoiselle Jablier, 1679, 8°, composite title as before, 24 leaves of engraved text each double-page and mounted, consisting as before of 3 unumbered followed by 21 numbered leaves, all engraved, the two versions bound together in 19th-century calf by J. Leighton, upper cover with Houghton crest in gilt, contrasting lettering-pieces (slight rubbing and scuff marks).
Idealis umbra sapientiae generalis, Paris: Dam. Jablier, 1679, 8°, title page with manuscript lettering in strip form and engraved imprint, all mounted to form a composite title (?) as originally issued, 24 leaves of engraved text each double-page and mounted, consisting of 3 unumbered leaves, dedications to Jesus Christ, the Pope and the King, followed by 21 numbered leaves. Bound with the French translation of the same work: L'Ombre Idéale de la Sagesse Universelle, Paris: Mademoiselle Jablier, 1679, 8°, composite title as before, 24 leaves of engraved text each double-page and mounted, consisting as before of 3 unumbered followed by 21 numbered leaves, all engraved, the two versions bound together in 19th-century calf by J. Leighton, upper cover with Houghton crest in gilt, contrasting lettering-pieces (slight rubbing and scuff marks).

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Idealis umbra sapientiae generalis, Paris: Dam. Jablier, 1679, 8°, title page with manuscript lettering in strip form and engraved imprint, all mounted to form a composite title (?) as originally issued, 24 leaves of engraved text each double-page and mounted, consisting of 3 unumbered leaves, dedications to Jesus Christ, the Pope and the King, followed by 21 numbered leaves. Bound with the French translation of the same work: L'Ombre Idéale de la Sagesse Universelle, Paris: Mademoiselle Jablier, 1679, 8°, composite title as before, 24 leaves of engraved text each double-page and mounted, consisting as before of 3 unumbered followed by 21 numbered leaves, all engraved, the two versions bound together in 19th-century calf by J. Leighton, upper cover with Houghton crest in gilt, contrasting lettering-pieces (slight rubbing and scuff marks).

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This unusually presented work is an elucidation of the mystical order of the universe in tabular or schematic form.

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